The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language.
Howard ShoreI always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director and to the source material. It's really important.
Howard ShoreI usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good movies that way. If the director and the composer can have this common goal and this excitement about making something great, then you're going to do something good.
Howard ShoreThere are many things that have stayed consistent. But the biggest change, of course, is technology, the way it's used, the way films are shot, the format that they're shot in, and the way films, of course, are edited. It's very different than it was in the past.
Howard ShoreI grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts.
Howard Shore